The Onion’s AV club made a list of the 30 best TV series of the ’00’s. Here’s my take on the list: 30. The West Wing: Crap. They left off 24 but put this claptrap on? For some reason I actually watched the first five or so episodes of this show until I realized it was [...]
I usually believe in accepting defeat gracefully. When my preferred candidates lose an election, I do not threaten to move to Canada. When my government chooses a policy I reject, I do not believe that makes it constitutionally illegitimate. Part of being a grown-up is recognizing that decent, reasonable, non-brainwashed fellow citizens can simply disagree [...]
Posting The Science Song made me think back on this Greg the Bunny moment between Eugene Levy and Tardy the Turtle (who has his own Facebook page). Ladies and gents, I give you “The Quiet Song.” The Quiet Song
File under: Remake of a remake news. We reported not too long ago that Dimension Films is piecing together a remake of Short Circuit, which -- unofficially -- must have been the inspiration for Pixar's Wall-E. Word is now that...
In the fall of 2001, these were the comedies that the Fox network was airing: "Futurama," "King of the Hill," "Malcolm in the Middle," "That '70s Show," "Undeclared," "Grounded for Life," "The Bernie Mac Show," "Titus," "Family Guy" and "The Tick." This fall,...
Imagine you’re cancelled puppet-driven Fox comedy series “Greg the Bunny.” You’re unemployed, naturally, and rather depressed. You show up at a bar and chat up “Sesame Street.” The two of you get nice and sauced, stagger towards the subway and eventually make it back to Sesame’s $4.5 million penthouse, where you proceed to wildly bump unprotected uglies and...
A few new reality shows were announced recently that follow everyone from flight attendants to a D-list puppet. The CW has ordered a docudrama starring flight attendants on Virgin America, the hip new airline that is completely awesome thanks to its mood lighting, wifi, and the fact that everything from its check-in counters to the interiors of the planes seem are as slick and shiny as an Apple Store....
... Longtime actor Henry Gibson ( Laugh-In , Nashville ) has died. He was most recently seen as the hilarious series regular Judge Clark Brown on Boston Legal . Gibson was 73. [ Variety ] ... Jenna Elfman plays a pregnant woman in her brand-new comedy Accidentally On Purpose . Now Jenna Elfman is really pregnant. Too far, method acting. Too far. [ TV Guide ] ... Spike Lee and Robert DeNiro are teaming...
Power Duo: Spike Lee and Robert De Niro are developing a drama for Showtime titled Alphaville ; both are exec-producing, and Lee may direct the pilot. An ensemble series set in the eighties rough-and-tumble Alphabet City, it will depict the lives of the neighborhood’s population, pre-gentrification. No word on whether Lee or De Niro have seen the musical Rent . [ HR ] Netherlanding: Along with...
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows , Reality-Free Greg The Bunny , first on IFC and then FOX for a season and then on IFC for a short time again, is one of those shows where, if you mention it to a group of 15 people, 14 will probably look at you like you have half a head and the other person will either nod that they remember the show but never watched it or they'll nod and say "oh yeah! That was...
Film Josh Lucas joins Life as We Know It Gael Garcia Bernal to join Kate Hudson in Earthbound ? British TV Phil Redmond says merge C4 and BBC to save kids TV Victoria Wood making one-hour Christmas special Andy Duncan to leave Channel 4 by mutual agreement Freesat sales rise to 600,000 The Fixer gets 3.2m viewers US TV Sissy Spacek joins Big Love MTV greenlights spin-off from Greg the Bunny Saffron...
Pilot Watch: Network greenlights 'Grey the Bunny' spinoff -- MTV has greenlit puppet-populated project "Warren the Ape," a spinoff of erstwhile Fox and IFC series "Greg the Bunny," for a 2010 launch.
Greg the Bunny is clearly aiming for some sort of record for appearances on the most networks. Now Greg's heading to MTV. Well, actually, his puppet-y co-star Warren the Ape is